18th Century Material Culture

Cotton Textiles

English
Embroidered Cotton
Textiles

English Crewel Embroidered Cotton Textile Panel

c. 1670 1690
(Cora Ginsburg LLC)

Indian
Embroidered Cotton
Textiles

Indian Silk Embroidered Cotton Textile Panel from Gujarat

Early 18th Century
(Victoria & Albert)

Indian Silk Embroidered Cotton Textile Panel from Gujarat

Early 18th Century
(Victoria & Albert)

Indian Block - Printed & Embroidered Cotton Textile Fragment

Late 18th Century
(Victoria & Albert)

English
Cotton Textiles

English Plate Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment from Essex

Printed at Bromley Hall c. 1775 - 1780
(Victoria & Albert)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Block Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in Lexington, Massachusetts, by the Robbins Family
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Block Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in Lexington, Massachusetts
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in Lexington, Massachusetts
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in Lexington, Massachusetts
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in Lexington, Massachusetts
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Block - Printed Cotton & Linen Textile

c. 1720 - 1730
(Winterthur)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in Lexington, Massachusetts
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Block Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Block Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment Used in Lexington, Massachusetts
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment Used in Lexington, Massachusetts
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Callicoe Printing - Corporation Newton / Saml. Mylod - Fast Clours Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment Used in Lexington, Massachusetts
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment Used in Lexington, Massachusetts
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment Used in Lexington, Massachusetts
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English Plain Weave Plate Printed Cotton / Chintz Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English or American
Cotton Textiles

English (or American) Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English (or American) Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English (or American) Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English (or American) Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English (or American) Plain Weave Block Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English (or American) Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English (or American) Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English (or American) Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English (or American) Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English (or American) Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

American
Cotton Textiles

American (Likely) Plain Weave Cotton / Calico Printed Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

American (Likely) Plain Weave Cotton / Calico Printed Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

American (Likely) Plain Weave Block Printed Cotton / Calico Printed Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

American (Likely) Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Printed Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

American Plain Weave Cotton Textile Fragment Used in New England

Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

American Plain Weave Cotton Textile Fragment Used in New England

Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English
Cotton Corduroy
Textiles

Cotton Corduroys from a Manchester, England, Textile Sample Book of 1784

(Neal Hurst Photograph)

English or French
Cotton Textiles

English or French Plain Weave Printed Cotton / Calico Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French
Cotton Textiles

French Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

Possibly Jouy, France 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

From Jouy, France 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

From Jouy, France Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Plain Weave Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Sheer Cotton Muslin Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

French Copper Plate Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

c. 1760
(Victoria & Albert)

French Copper Plate Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

c. 1760
(Victoria & Albert)

Manufactures a Rouen
1737
(Private Collection)

All Cotton Textiles Manufactured in Rouen

1743
(Private Collection)

All Cotton Textiles Manufactured in Rouen

1743
(Private Collection)

Cotton & Silk

Textiles

Indian Cotton & Silk Textile Fragment

Late 17th - Early 8th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

English or French Cotton Warp & Silk Weft (Batiste) Textile Fragment Used in New England
Late 17th - Early 8th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Indian Export
Textiles

Indian Block - Printed, Resist & Mordant - Dyed Cotton Textile Fragment from the Coromandel Coast
Late 17th Century
(Victoria & Albert)

Indian Chintz Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Karun Collection)

Indian Chintz Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Karun Collection)

Inland Chits Textile Fragment - Possibly Similar to Baguet Chits

West India Company Textile Book Sent to Elmina, Ghana c. 1788
(National Archives, Second WIC Archives, inv.nr 179 - MCC Slave Voyage, The Unity)

Inland Chits Textile Fragment

West India Company Textile Book Sent to Elmina, Ghana c. 1788
(National Archives, Second WIC Archives, inv.nr 179 - MCC Slave Voyage, The Unity)

Inland Chits Textile Fragment

West India Company Textile Book Sent to Elmina, Ghana c. 1788
(National Archives, Second WIC Archives, inv.nr 179 - MCC Slave Voyage, The Unity)

Four Interior Marks on an Indian Textile Fragment

G.C.E.: TheGovernor and Company of of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies
The Original Name for the East India Company
(Photo: Scott Stephenson)

Block - Printed Indian Calico Textile Fragment with a Chintz Pattern

18th Century
(Victoria & Albert)

Indian Block - Printed Textile Fragment Made for the European Market
c. 1680 - 1700
(Victoria & Albert)

Indian Block - Printed & Painted Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Victoria & Albert)

Indian Block - Printed & Painted Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Victoria & Albert)

Indian Block - Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Victoria & Albert)

Indian Block - Printed Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Victoria & Albert)

Indian Block - Printed & Resist - Dyed Cotton Textile Fragment Made for the American Market
18th Century
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Indian Block - Printed & Resist - Dyed Cotton Textile Fragment

18th Century
(Victoria & Albert)

Indian Mordant & Resist - Dyed Cotton Textile Fragment from the Coromandel Coast
18th Century
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

East Indian & Counterfeit

Textile from East-India/India and Textile made in Europe. Samples added to the Correspondence of the Supplier.
(Zeeland Archives, MCC Archive, inv.nr 70.5 - MCC Slave Voyage, The Unity)

English Red Mixed Rumals or Red Rumals

West India Company Textile Book Sent to Elmina, Ghana c. 1788
(National Archives, Second WIC Archives, inv.nr 179 - MCC Slave Voyage, The Unity)

Blue Cambayen
West India Company Textile Book Sent to Elmina, Ghana c. 1788
(National Archives, Second WIC Archives, inv.nr 179 - MCC Slave Voyage, The Unity)

Red Cambayen
West India Company Textile Book Sent to Elmina, Ghana c. 1788
(National Archives, Second WIC Archives, inv.nr 179 - MCC Slave Voyage, The Unity)

English Blue Mixed Rumals or Blue Rumals

West India Company Textile Book Sent to Elmina, Ghana c. 1788
(National Archives, Second WIC Archives, inv.nr 179 - MCC Slave Voyage, The Unity)

Bajutapauts
West India Company Textile Book Sent to Elmina, Ghana c. 1788
(National Archives, Second WIC Archives, inv.nr 179 - MCC Slave Voyage, The Unity)

Red Bajutapauts
West India Company Textile Book Sent to Elmina, Ghana c. 1788
(National Archives, Second WIC Archives, inv.nr 179 - MCC Slave Voyage, The Unity)

Dutch Export
Textiles

Dutch Chintz
18th Century
(Collectie Fries Museum Les Fleurs d'Inde)

American
Textile Books

Fabric Sample Books from Samuel Philips and Company of Manchester, England - Fustian & Cotton Manufacturers
Used in Newport, Rhode Island 1771
(Newport Historical Society(

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